The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has offered 20 training programmes for faculty of Gambian universities to be organized during the next couple of years. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Chairman HEC had a meeting with a delegation from Gambia at the Commission Secretariat and made this offer. Yaya Sireh Jallow, vice-minister/ permanent secretary; Samba Sowe, Senior Science, […]…Read More

The Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) offered the farmers of rice, wheat, maize, and sugarcane crops training of soil testing, seed selection, water management and adoption of innovative technologies to enhance crop per-acre crop yield, across the country during last four years. Under Agriculture Innovation Programme (AIP) has trained about 100,000 farmers funded by USAID, […]…Read More

Karachi, April 20, 2016 IUCN Pakistan organized a two-day training workshop in collaboration with HEJ/ International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) and National University of Science and Technology (NUST) on “Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Integrated Coastal Zone Management” from 24-25 May 2017 at University of Karachi. The participants were trained on […]…Read More

LAHORE (24-05-17): The Department of Statistics and Computer Science of the University of Veterinary and Animals Sciences Lahore organised a two-day training workshop on the uses of “LaTeX” software at City Campus Lahore. Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha chaired the concluding session of the workshop and distributed certificates among the participants while Dean Faculty of […]…Read More

KARACHI: In pursuance of its commitment to providing state-of-the-art education and training, Pakistan’s premium technology institution Usman Institute of Technology organized two Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities, not only for its students and faculty, but for all professional engineers across Karachi.
All the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions were accredited by Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), and as per the implemented CPD system, 0.5 CPD points…Read More

LAHORE: The Centre for Educational Policy and Administration (CEPA) of the University of
Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore in collaboration with Punjab Higher Education
Commission (PHEC) organised a five-day "In-service short-term training of university faculty"
here on Monday.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Naseer Pasha(S.I) chaired inaugural session of the workshop while
Dean Faculty of Life Sciences Busines Management Prof Dr Nasim…Read More

ISLAMABAD: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently organised a two-day
training seminar on July 30, 2016, and July 31, 2016, to support the Pakistani Governmentand#39;s
efforts to expand agricultural trade.
As many as 30 officials from the Department of Plant Protection and other agricultural
professionals from across Pakistan participated in the seminar.
The training was designed to increase Pakistan’s exports by apprising the officials…Read More

RAWALPINDI: A two-day USAID training workshop on talent grooming and career counseling
for scholars under USAID-funded Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Programme (Phase II)
commenced at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) here
on Tuesday.
The workshop is being arranged by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and USAID under
the Pakistan-USAID Merit and Need Based Scholarship Programme with the aim to improve…Read More

ISLAMABAD - Morocco and Pakistan have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) to strengthen cooperation in the field of training and scientific and academic research.
The MoU was inked between the Moroccan universities of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah in Fes,
Hassan II in Casablanca, and the international Islamic university of Islamabad.
Under this agreement, teaching staff, administrative executives and students of the three
universities…Read More

Pakistani-American students team Roshni Ride is one step closer to making their idea for confronting the global refugee crisis into reality. Roshni Ride team is from Rutgers University won the Hult Prize last week. Young entrepreneurs behind Roshni Rides had vision for future transportation to empower refugees overseas. Last Saturday this team won the prestigious […]…Read
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What are the goals of WiMAX Forum?DECLAN BYRNE: The forum’s primary goal is to accelerate the adoption, deployment and expansion of WiMAX technologies across the globe while facilitating roaming agreements, sharing best practices within our membership and certifying products. The forum has both the internet service providers and supplier companies as members. We manage the standards associated with the technology. We also conduct marketing and outreach. We try to create opportunity for the…Read
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Global warming is a sign of threat for the earth and its inhabitants. Concern about global warming has increased and many believe that the phenomenon will eventually pose a serious threat to people and their way of life. A gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans is known as global warming due […]…Read
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THE INCLUSIVE picture of Pakistan’s higher education does not match with the global quality standards. The recent Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking shows that Pakistan’s higher education is declining in recent years. On the other hand, growth of enrollment in higher education is increasing with every coming year. Regrettably, standards of our higher […]…Read
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